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689 pecks is about one-three-hundred-fiftieth as big as a Hot Air Balloon.

In other words, the size of a Hot Air Balloon is 360 times that amount.

(four-person capacity; envelope volume; average)The average volume of a hot air balloon sufficient to lift four adults is 250,000 pecks. Typically made of nylon or dacron, a balloon envelope of this size typically weighs just 88 kg (190 lbs).